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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Legal History of the Civil War Era ~From the Mexican War to Jim Crow~ A Series of Books Published by Southern Illinois University Press Edited by Christian G. Samito Abraham Lincoln identified a “new birth of freedom” during the Civil War era, when the government and people of the United States undertook the most comprehensive [...]
James McPherson on VirtualBookSigning.net
Monday, November 10th, 2008Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson will be appearing on VirtualBookSigning.net this evening at 6 pm Central. He will be signing copies of his new book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. CLICK HERE to order a signed copy for $35.00. CLICK HERE at 6 pm Central to view the book talk [...]
Book Signing: The Madness of Mary Lincoln
Friday, October 24th, 2008Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln, will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble in Carbondale on Saturday from 2-3 pm. Emerson will also be presenting a talk at the Friends of Morris Library annual dinner later in the evening. What: Friends of Morris Library annual dinner Where: Reception at Morris [...]
Tomorrow: 4th Annual Civil War Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Southern Illinois is in for a treat tomorrow. The Fourth Annual Civil War Lecture Series takes place at John A. Logan College. This year’s featured speaker is author Gary Ecelbarger, who has written a new book on the election of 1860, The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican [...]
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008I am quite sorry for my recent abscence from the blogosphere. Thank you for your emails. I suppose the only thing I can tell you right now is that I have quite a good reason for being scarce. More on that later. At any rate, I want to be sure to tell you about a [...]
Lincoln and His World by Richard Lawrence Miller
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Richard Lawrence Miller’s new book, Lincoln and His World: Prairie Politician, 1834 – 1842, has just been published by Stackpole Books. As many of you already know, this is the second volume of Miller’s planned three-volume Lincoln biography. He has graciously contributed an exclusive “book talk” to LincolnStudies.com Miller is a resident of Kansas City, [...]
Odds and Ends: The Lincoln Marriage, 1860, Jeff Davis, & the ALPLM
Friday, July 25th, 2008How about another fast-paced edition of “Odds & Ends” to round out the week that was? I have enjoyed reading the first few reviews of Daniel Mark Epstein’s new book on the Lincoln marriage. Washington Post, New York Times, and a new one from the Miami Herald. U. S. News & World Report ran an article [...]
Giants of the Nineteenth Century
Monday, June 30th, 2008Do you know who else was born on February 12, 1809? The father of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln. Malcom Jones of Newsweek thinks this coincidence is a big deal, but he is not alone. Not one, but two dual biographies will hit bookstores next [...]
Joseph T. Glatthaar, General Lee’s Army
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I have been making my way through Joseph T. Glatthaar’s new book, General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse and wanted to pass along some initial thoughts. To put it simply, Glatthaar has produced one of the most detailed portraits of the Confederate army I have ever seen. The research is meticulous. Based on primary [...]
Odds and Ends
Friday, May 23rd, 2008A number of stories caught my eye this week, but time did not allow me to bring them all to your attention. I thought we’d might do an “odds and ends” type post this morning: Thomas Kennedy, a Spencer County, Indiana artist, unveiled his new Lincoln Bicentennial painting on Monday. Kennedy hopes a print will [...]
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